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Ylenia Aguilar: “A nuclear power plant cost $17 billion, and it went over…”

Featuring: Ylenia Aguilar, Democratic | Central Arizona Water Conservation District Maricopa County

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Arizona Debates: Corporation Commission

Published | Video Starts at 27:22

And with solar, over time, costs would go down. When we're talking about nuclear and other forms of energy, like, the costs are really expensive. We know that in another state, A nuclear power plant cost $17 billion, and it went over seven years of the timeline. And that is very costly. And guess who that falls back on those costs? The ratepayers. (27:22–27:29)

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Asserts that a nuclear power plant in another state cost $17 billion and exceeded its timeline by seven years.

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